Job Title
CYBER SECURITY ANALYST L3
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Posting Start Date
2/19/26
Company
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO)
Job Description
The purpose of this role is to analyse, identify, rectify & recommend specific improvement measures that help in the security posture of the organization by protecting the sensitive information.
Role
Akamai Cyber security analyst
JavaScript Engineer (Akamai Edge / L7 Platform Focus)
Overview
We are looking for a talented JavaScript Engineer with a strong understanding of modern JavaScript and web request/response flows, who is interested in developing and evolving our Akamai Edge Worker foundation. You don't need to be an Akamai expert from day one-but you should be comfortable working close to the network layer, learning quickly, and owning part of a critical edge-security and optimisation platform.
Key Responsibilities
* Design, build, and maintain Akamai Edge Workers that support core customer journeys, API security, and platform optimisation.
* Work closely with platform, security, and API teams to define and implement Layer-7 logic, including routing, request inspection, headers, and traffic shaping.
* Contribute to establishing a robust Edge Worker foundation, including coding standards, patterns, reusable modules, and governance.
* Support tuning, testing, and deployment of edge logic during security events, configuration changes, or traffic routing and manipulation activities.
* Collaborate with Third party and internal teams during feature rollouts, troubleshooting, and major incidents.
* Participate in architectural discussions around edge-to-origin flows, bot protection, caching, and performance optimisation.
* Provide documentation, code reviews, and guidance to other engineers adopting edge technologies.
Required Skills
* Strong proficiency in JavaScript / TypeScript (Node-style runtime experience useful).
* Understanding of HTTP fundamentals: methods, headers, caching, content types, redirects, CORS, etc.
* Awareness of API design and RESTful patterns.
* Experience working with distributed systems, cloud, or web platform technologies.
* Ability to reason about request/response flows and debug at the network layer.
* Nice-to-Have (or Willingness to Learn)
* Experience with Akamai, Cloudflare Workers, AWS Lambda Edge, or similar serverless edge platforms.
* Exposure to WAF, Bot Protection, CDN behaviour, or traffic-management rules.
* Understanding of Layer-7 security concepts (rate limits, header validation, JWT handling, etc.).
* Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows.
* Experience with high-traffic systems or API-driven architectures.
* Mandatory Skills: Akamai WAF.
Performance Parameters
1. Customer centricity – Timely security breach solutioning to end users, Internal stakeholders & external customers experience.
2. Process Adherence – Adherence to SLA’s (90‑95%), response time and resolution time TAT.
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